French, EU flags to be displayed in classrooms Earle Gale in London

French students arrived in their classrooms for the start of a new school year this week to find flags and anthems adorning their learning spaces for the first time.

Parliament has made the flying of both French and European Union flags compulsory, along with the display of the words to the French national anthem, all included in a raft of education reforms.

Additionally, they must display the words of the national motto: "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite."